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USS Edmonds (DE-406)

Class: John C. Butler Type:WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,350/1745 tons Dimensions: 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13'4" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38, 4 (2x2) 40mmAA, 10-20mm AA, 3-21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's, 2 DC tracks
Machinery: 2 boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 6000 nm@12 knots Crew: 14 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Brown Shipbuilding, Houston TX on 1 November 1943
Launched 17 December 1943, Commissioned 3 April 1944
Decommissiond 31 May 1946, Recommissioned 28 February 1951
Assigned to NRT, 13th Naval District at Portland OR, March 1959
Decommissioned April 1965, Stricken 15 May 1972

Fate: sold for scrapping 20 September 1973

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	116kb	undated postwar image		USN
	82kb	Edmonds in dry dock at Mare Island CA just prior to decommissioning in April 1965. I was part of the crew of about 40. Prior to decommission she was stationed at Treasure Island. Her last cruise was to Esqumalt, Canada as a reserve training excersize.		Jake Jacobsen MM3, Engineering Yeoman

View the USS Edmonds (DE-406), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located

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